Can anyone tell me was the road slug setup to run with any engines?or were there just certain ones it could run with saw a pic of 226 501 and 188. Was always...
188? I thought it was 226 & 227, the so-called Three Stooges. Can you post a pic of 501 with 188? Matt Fick yea Matt kinda what I thought heres a link ...
I have seen the 501B coupled to another locomotive besides the 226 or the 227. I do not know if it ever left Parsons this way. I have no pictures of this...
Freddie: Great Link!! That picture must have been taken after Curley left the 3 Stooges. I think I will refer to the 188 as either Shemp or maybe Curley Joe!! ...
Fred, Not impossible, only the 226 and 227 were set up as mother units, either could supply electrical current to the traction motors, but it did not need both...
Fred, The 501S was set up primarily the same as the 500S with one distinct difference. The 500S was designed to have only ONE mother unit to supply its...
... From: Ken Ziegenbein UP Heritage Locomotive No. 1988 (KATY) at UP's North Little Rock, Arkansas yard (Ramp No. 2) Wednesday morning, May 3, 2006. The...
... From: CCruz74583 Yesterday I took a photo of the new mural at KC Union Station. I have posted it and more in a new group photo file on KC Union Station....
A topic surely beaten to death, but....back in the 80's when I did a lot of custom painting, it seems I used a mix of Scalecoat Southern Green and Scalecoat...
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Howdy Ya'll !! I recieved a question from a friend.....He took 2 pictures years ago, and now he can't remember where he took them. I placed both pictures in...
Bill, I took note of it and I must say that it turned out nice! Are the GP40's that are leading Atlas Models, and if so the factory offered or custom painted?...
Atlas now offers red GP-40's but these I painted myself. Also after painting two cabooses , they then brought out red cabooses. I am thinking about painting a...
You might be able to save some time for Athearn offers the Bi-Centennial Caboose. I own one and they do look nice! May not be completely accurate to the...
Yes, I bought one also. The problem is, if I wind up having to an painting an engine the paint probally wont match. I would like to have a couple of more...
Well William think of this, the KATY red tended to turn pink with time, therefore having the Atlas units is not too outrageous. As for the Bi-Centennials I...
I spoke with a fella today with microscale about having them do the katy green and yellow tin signs that they offer. They currently offer the red and white...
has everyone seen the new evans hopper in n scale from microtrains? I can only hope that they offer them in HO scale! -Joe [Non-text portions of this message...
I noted them today and I agree a model in HO is a must! v/r, Raymond W. Hamm http://rwhamm.tripod.com/katy.html http://community.webshots.com/user/rwhamm ... ...
Hello, i search the Lettering / Script for the 1940s Steam era for cab number. What lettering / script type ist this ? The second is, i search for the...
Groups I will be heading out of the area until 11 Nov for some well deserved rest and relaxation. I will attempt to answer emails to me, but it may not be ...